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Subject: Song titles referencing famous people

Posted by: sectant
Date: Mar 29 18

Two to start you off...

Andy Warhol by David Bowie
Debbie by The B52's. (It's about Deborah Harry from Blondie apparently)

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Skyflyerjen
"Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy

Reply #1. Mar 30 18, 10:19 AM
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"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes

Reply #2. Mar 30 18, 10:19 AM
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"The Gospel of John Hurt" by Alt-J

Reply #3. Mar 30 18, 10:20 AM
sectant
Dear Prudence by The Beatles. (Prudence Farrow, Mia's sister)

Reply #4. Mar 30 18, 12:40 PM
sectant
Sexy Sadie by The Beatles (an allusion to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, transcendental meditation person and his not so transcendental attempts to seduce his female followers at Rishikesh. Written and sung by John Lennon who finally realised this guy was a quack.)

Reply #5. Apr 03 18, 12:39 AM
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"The Philosopher's Drinking Song" by Monty Python references most of the famous philosophers of the western world.

Reply #6. Apr 03 18, 6:57 AM
Skyflyerjen
"Benny Goodman" by Saint Motel

Reply #7. Apr 03 18, 10:35 AM
Skyflyerjen
"Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith)" by Bastille

Reply #8. Apr 03 18, 10:37 AM
Skyflyerjen
"Genghis Khan" by Mike Snow

Reply #9. Apr 03 18, 10:37 AM
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Rasputin by Boney M

Reply #10. Apr 03 18, 11:29 AM
sectant
Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan

Reply #11. Apr 04 18, 1:03 AM
sectant
Calling Elvis by Dire Straits

Reply #12. Apr 04 18, 1:07 AM
sectant
Hats Off To Roy Harper by Led Zeppelin

Reply #13. Apr 04 18, 1:12 AM
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King of the Mountain by Kate Bush (about Elvis Presley)

Reply #14. Apr 04 18, 4:02 AM
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The Love Of Richard Nixon - Manic Street Preachers

Reply #15. Aug 27 18, 1:23 PM
sectant
Martin, Abraham & John by Dion Dimucci

(Luther King, Lincoln, Kennedy)

Reply #16. Aug 27 18, 3:22 PM
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Joan Of Arc - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Reply #17. Aug 28 18, 3:24 PM
sectant
Napoleon Bona Part 1 & 2 by Budgie


Reply #18. Aug 28 18, 6:48 PM
sectant
And now for something completely different...

Mr. Bojangles by Harry Belafonte

(Best version I've heard, it even trumps Sammy Davis Junior's recording)

Really, I'm serious!

Reply #19. Aug 29 18, 5:57 AM
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Heads We're Dancing by Kate Bush

(His name isn't in the title, but it's about Hitler)

Reply #20. Aug 29 18, 10:36 AM


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